A mass dolphin die-off has been reported in the Odesa region
In the Odesa region, along the coast of the Tuzly Estuaries National Nature Park, an unprecedented mass die-off of Black Sea cetaceans has been recorded. According to Rusev, the dolphins may have been affected by a synergistic ecological disaster that negatively impacted the region’s marine ecosystem.
“On June 5, 2026, on World Environment Day, the sea washed ashore an unprecedented, horrific number of dead cetaceans—22 animals—at the coast of our Tuzly Estuaries National Nature Park an unprecedented, horrific number of dead cetaceans—22 animals: 20 Azov dolphins, one bottlenose dolphin, and one white-beaked dolphin. We surveyed only 25 km of the national park’s coastline. And over the vast expanse of thousands of kilometers of sea, thousands were likely washed ashore,” the statement reads.
In addition, according to the expert, live but severely injured animals have been found in the Gulf of Odessa. “Such catastrophic proportions are a direct reference to the dark year of 2022, when the largest wave of marine mammal strandings began,” he added.
“The main, terrible, and sole root cause of this horror is war. Due to the full-scale and barbaric war that Russia has unleashed against Ukraine and against our entire environment, the Black Sea ecosystem is on the brink of collapse. Constant, deadly military activity—explosions, missile launches, and the use of powerful sonar by military ships—is destroying biodiversity,” the statement emphasizes.
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